Associations to the word «Speculum»
Noun
- Vagina
- Reflector
- Pap
- Mirror
- Liber
- Uterus
- Vita
- Ars
- Vincent
- Telescope
- Smear
- Chaucer
- Tors
- Vox
- Funnel
- Summa
- Gower
- Catheter
- Charlemagne
- Looking
- Monmouth
- Cistercian
- Astrology
- Kingship
- Divination
- Ashe
- Mysticism
- Tor
- Crusade
- Eyelid
- Metal
- Examination
- Sims
- Aquinas
- Alloy
- Pseudo
- Femme
- Sardinia
- Veda
- Morale
- Shine
- Feather
- Insertion
- Theology
- Summary
- Insert
- Ensemble
- Var
- Instrument
- Terra
- Bladder
- Speculation
- Treatise
- Attachment
- Magnus
- Regis
- Duck
- Exam
- Flap
- Fable
- Elliot
- Champagne
- Astronomy
- Friar
- Cavity
- Manuscript
- Oct
- Middlesex
- Rhetoric
Adjective
Wiktionary
SPECULUM, noun. (medicine) A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice.
SPECULUM, noun. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope.
SPECULUM, noun. (zoology) A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
SPECULUM METAL, noun. A mixture of around two-thirds copper and one-third tin making a white brittle alloy that can be polished into a highly reflective surface.
Dictionary definition
SPECULUM, noun. A mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument.
SPECULUM, noun. A medical instrument for dilating a bodily passage or cavity in order to examine the interior.
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